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The U.S. and the Holocaust : Yearning to Breathe Free. Episode 2 /

After Kristallnacht, Jews are desperate to escape Hitler's expanding reach. Americans are united in their disapproval of Nazi brutality but divided on whether or how to act even as World War II begins. Charles Lindbergh speaks for isolationists while FDR tries to support the European democracie...

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Bibliographic Details
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:Closed-captioned.
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : PBS, [2022]
Series:The U.S. and the Holocaust: A Film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein.
Subjects:
Reconstruction (1939-1951)
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Historiography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Press coverage > United States.
World War, 1939-1945 > Public opinion.
National socialism in popular culture > United States.
Mass media > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
United States > History.
Reconstruction, 1939-1951.
Holocauste, 1939-1945 > Historiographie.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Couverture de presse > États-Unis.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Opinion publique.
États-Unis > Histoire.
United States
1939-1945
History
Internet videos
Documentary television programs.
Historical television programs.
Television mini-series.
Documentaires télévisés.
Émissions historiques télévisées.
Miniséries.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:After Kristallnacht, Jews are desperate to escape Hitler's expanding reach. Americans are united in their disapproval of Nazi brutality but divided on whether or how to act even as World War II begins. Charles Lindbergh speaks for isolationists while FDR tries to support the European democracies. The Nazis invade the Soviet Union, and the Holocaust begins in secret.
Item Description:Originally released by PBS, 2022.
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on October 31, 2022.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (2 hr., 16 min., 43 sec)) : sound.
Audience:9 - 12